The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 19, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
77.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
3:33 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -22
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.7° / 47.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 14m / 14.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.51° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.71° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.52° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.